ULNER NERVE INJURY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT

ULNAR NERVE INJURY

Anatomy Of Ulnar Nerve

CAUSES OF ULNAR NERVE INJURY :

 AT THE CERVICAL SPINE

Sensory Area Of Ulnar And Radial Nerve

• PROLAPSE INTER-VERTEBRAL DISC
• OSTEOPHYTE DUE TO CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS
• RHEUMATOID DISEASES OF THE CERVICAL SPINE

AT THE BASE OF THE NECK

• CERVICAL RIB
• THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME
• SCALENUS ANTICUS SYNDROME

AT THE AXILLA

• CRUTCH PALSY

ARM

• TOURNIQUET PALSY
• HANSEN'S DISEASE

ELBOW

• CUBITUS VALGUS

  

  Ulnar Nerve Sensory Area

• DISLOCATION OF ELBOW
• HANSEN'S DISEASE

AT THE FOREARM

• VOLKMAN'S ISCHEMIC DISEASE
• TIGHT PLASTER

AT THE WRIST

• GLASS CUT INJURY
• COMPRESSION OF THE ULNAR NERVE
• TUMORS
• OSTEOARTHRITIS
• FRACTURE OF THE CARPAL BONE

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IN ULNAR NERVE INJURY :

SENSORY & MOTOR LOSS

Claw Hand Deformity 

DEFORMITY : CLAW HAND DEFORMITY

PHYSIOTHERAPY MANAGEMENT : 

            

Exercise in Ulnar Nerve Injury

• IG/SF  STIMULATION
• PASSIVE MOVEMENTS AND STRETCHING
• Gradually Start Of Active Assisted And Then Active Movement.
• Followed Progression to Strengthen of affected Muscle
• CARE OF ANESTHETIC HAND
• SPLINTAGE

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